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* келесоо - crazy/stupid | * келесоо - crazy/stupid | ||
* чак - perfect-fitting | * чак - perfect-fitting | ||
| + | * кооз - pretty (for inanimate things) | ||
== Words with cognates but unclear etymologies == | == Words with cognates but unclear etymologies == | ||
Revision as of 15:05, 10 October 2012
or at least so I think... Any of those premises could be wrong (except for the "Kyrgyz words" part, I guess)
Contents
The [presumably] Persian words
- коом - community
- кооз - pretty (landscape)
- бата - blessing
- тоскоол - obstacle
- -чан suffix - -clad (wearing something) (e.g., калпакчан)
- депкер - strainer or holey spatula thing for paloo
- көйнөк - shirt
- тапчан - seating platform for dastorxon
- чөпүрөк - fabric
- төшөк - ~mattress
- шейшеп - sheet
- чарчы - square
Weird versions in Kyrgyz
- чейрек - fourth ← čāryak?
- жоокер - soldier ← jahongir - ~warrior
- дене - body ← tän?
Other words with mysterious etymologies
- чоң - big
- борбор - center
- топоз - yak
- тумшук - trunk/beak
- чоочун - unfamiliar (person)
- мыжы(к)- - squeeze
- мыжыкый (adj) - killjoy
- сырга - earring(s)
- сөйкө - earring(s)
- оодар- (Kk. аудар-) - flip over
- момпосуй - candy
- жууркан - blanket
- дөң - hill
- чаң - dust
- келесоо - crazy/stupid
- чак - perfect-fitting
- кооз - pretty (for inanimate things)
Words with cognates but unclear etymologies
- дароо - immediately
- Khalkha даруй, дороо
- Tajik даррав
